School of Dentistry

  1. October 7, 2024

    It Happened at Michigan — ‘New era for dental students’

    In 1875, Gov. John J. Bagley signed a bill enabling the Board of Regents to establish and maintain a dental school in connection with the Medical School.

  2. February 5, 2024

    It Happened at Michigan — A pioneer admired by classmates and patients

    When Ida Gray graduated from what was then called the U-M College of Dental Surgery in 1890, she became the nation’s first Black female dentist.

  3. October 9, 2023

    Dentistry professor preparing for 25th Boston Marathon

    Chris Roberts, an adjunct professor of dentistry in the School of Dentistry, has qualified for his 25th Boston Marathon. The April 2024 race will be his 22nd consecutive Boston Marathon.

  4. October 2, 2023

    Obituary — Dennis E. Lopatin

    Dennis Edward Lopatin, professor of dentistry emeritus and senior associate dean emeritus, died Sept. 18 at home beside his loving wife, Jane. He was 74.

  5. September 5, 2023

    It Happened at Michigan — A dentist’s silent world

    When George Gregor William Andree entered University Hall to receive his U-M diploma in 1908, he did not experience were the sounds of the June ceremony.

  6. August 14, 2023

    Six to receive Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards

    Six faculty members will receive 2023 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards for their exceptional contributions to the development of a culturally and ethnically diverse U-M community.

  7. June 2, 2023

    New deans recommended for Ford School, Dentistry

    Celeste M. Watkins-Hayes has been recommended to be the next Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and Jacques E. Nör has been recommended to be dean of the School of Dentistry.

  8. June 2, 2023

    Nör recommended as next School of Dentistry dean

    Jacques E. Nör, the Donald A. Kerr Collegiate Professor of Dentistry, is being recommended as the next dean of the School of Dentistry.

  9. March 6, 2023

    Dentistry addition rated LEED Silver for sustainability

    A courtyard addition to the Dental Building and W.K. Kellogg Foundation Institute recently earned LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council in recognition of sustainability efforts.

  10. February 7, 2023

    McCauley recommended as provost through June 2027

    Provost Laurie K. McCauley has been recommended for a full term as U-M’s chief academic and budgetary officer. If approved by the Board of Regents, McCauley, who was first appointed last May, would serve through June 2027.